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Splendid Iridescent Seaweed (Mazzaella splendens)Observer
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Iridescent, reflecting blue underwater
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
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A small one, in a hurry to leave
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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These red leaves on Arctostaphylos sp. are not new growth, but appear to be a fungal infection, maybe an Exobasidium?
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
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Near a conifer in the middle distance, a doe is looking over her shoulder at me.
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California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)Observer
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Looking very drought-stressed; the next one over was dead.
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Seep Monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata)Observer
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Very much taller than the trailside E. guttata seen on the way up
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Pacific Newts (Genus Taricha)Observer
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Distant shot of Taricha sp. in Pool 2. Others had reported T. granulosa at this location, But I couldn' distinguish between that & T. torosa even with field glasses.
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Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)Observer
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I had been led to believe these were S. spathulifolium, but they don't seem to match that taxon on Calflora or iNat.
